Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 21

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Tia didn’t wait for Audrey to reply.

She spoke with a nagging tone, “Audrey, please persuade your grandfather. We really don’t want to ruin his reputation, and yours, by bringing this onto the show. He’s a university professor, isn’t he? Won’t his reputation as an educator be tarnished if this blows up?”

Audrey’s face darkened, “What do you want?”

“I heard professors are given houses by the university. Ask your grandfather to transfer a house to your brother Adam. If not, buy him a villa in Sheysea and a car worth half a million dollars. The car isn’t our demand. It’s what the bride’s family wants.”

Tia continued, “They’re also asking for a wedding gift of 660 thousand dollars. Your mother was your grandfather’s only child. Now that she’s gone, he only has Adam.

he’s holding onto his wealth so Adam doesn’t inherit what’s rightfully his,

tortured my birth mother to death! If Mr. Lambert helps you, she will never rest in

the phone!” bellowed Wayne Yeomans, Audrey’s biological father. He couldn’t contain his anger

spat insultingly, “Audrey! Am I being too nice to you? Don’t think I can’t see that you’re keeping Mr. Lambert from seeing Adam so you can monopolize the house and money for

five thousand dollar deposit from Jolin Watson’s family. But your sister couldn’t bring Audrey back, and I had to pay

we got 30 thousand dollars from Claude, promising to bring Audrey back to bear his children. If you kill her, we’ll

life is mine to take. If I want her dead, she has no right to live. That’s just how it is!” Wayne

right now. If he doesn’t transfer the house to Adam, send us the money, and buy him the car, I’ll

sinister and nasty. He sounded as vicious as Audrey remembered him being when he beat her and her mother

others.